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In today’s featured cartoon, Sandeep Adhwaryu takes a dig at Elon Musk for claiming to be a “free speech absolutist”. Musk, who has mounted a successful bid to acquire Twitter, has been fending off criticism over his claims about the social media giant censoring free speech.
Now that political strategist Prashant Kishor is no longer planning to join the Congress, Kirtish Bhatt portrays Kishor as a mechanic who was trying to fix the run-down party, but says as he walks away that the Congress needs “collective will” more than his tools.
Satish Acharya also takes a jibe at the Congress over its failed attempt to bring in Prashant Kishor, which could have improved its chances of leading the opposition against the BJP.
Sajith Kumar pokes fun at the Congress’s offer to make Prashant Kishor part of its ‘Empowered Action Group 2024’, which he declined.
E.P. Unny draws attention to Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar’s statement at the Raisina Dialogue 2022, where he said that the era of others defining India and India seeking approval from other quarters needs to be left behind. Unny makes a witty reference to Vasco Da Gama’s voyage to India in 1498, given that Jaishankar Wednesday had a meeting in New Delhi with his Portuguese counterpart Joao Cravinho.